I know this is a really petty and small minded campaign, and who are we to be the fashion police, but seriously they look so fugly on so many skaters. Mao's white boots looked lovely and I thought did a lot of enhance, not just the appearance, but how her skating skills and leg line came across.

Same goes for boot covers.

In fact their sole reason for being should only be for male skaters when doing a drag number and they have to cover up their black boots.

I was scared Aussie Willie wanted to take away my Survivor and Amazing race threads.

As for the tights themselves, I have worn them for dance. They rip easily. As in you look at them and they rip. I got a big honking hole in one of my toes right before the last (US) Adult Nationals. I didn't buy a new pair, instead I wore my regular in the boot pair. I medalled. I assume that means that the judges didn't care that my boots were white while I danced.

They can give you a cleaner line and make your legs look longer, which is good if you are short, like me. They also cover up scuff and other dirty marks on your boots. And in my case, they cover up the bunga pads (gel lining on the inside of ace bandage material) I wear around both ankles. Usually in practice, my leggings cover them up, but if I need to wear a dress for testing or comp (although haven't competed in 5 years), I need something else there.

But yeah, they do rip easily. When I wear them, I also wear a pair of knee highs (I think they are Mondor brand) that I fold down over the hooks of my boots to minimize the risk.

"The only thing worse than OTBT is the look Qing Pang is sporting this season... "

That is funny. This style was perfect for skate practice when they were made in a super thick rib. I never expected to see it in competition. It's not attractive, the kid liked them because they were warm.

They can give you a cleaner line and make your legs look longer, which is good if you are short, like me. They also cover up scuff and other dirty marks on your boots. And in my case, they cover up the bunga pads (gel lining on the inside of ace bandage material) I wear around both ankles. Usually in practice, my leggings cover them up, but if I need to wear a dress for testing or comp (although haven't competed in 5 years), I need something else there.

But yeah, they do rip easily. When I wear them, I also wear a pair of knee highs (I think they are Mondor brand) that I fold down over the hooks of my boots to minimize the risk.

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I know there has always been an argument that they make legs look longer. I disagree strongly. When you really look at it, legs do not look longer at all. I'm with those who think tights over the boots just looks dumb.

I know there has always been an argument that they make legs look longer. I disagree strongly. When you really look at it, legs do not look longer at all. I'm with those who think tights over the boots just looks dumb.

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Absoultely. If you are a child, whose thigh is not much ticker than the knee/lower leg then I suppose they aren't too bad (i still dont like the look, and unless you have perfect pointed feet hellooo Clunky McClunk.) but on anyone with even slightly bigger thighs they are disastrous.

It amuses me that so many adult and syncro skaters wear them, as they tend to be on the larger end of the scale for skaters/legs etc.

Definately white boots.
Remember years back many of the dancers wore them Anissina Lobacheva Grishuk Horrible ugly things Albena still has them
I don't mind the tan boots Babs Delobel and Shae wore though .
My real hate is dirty boots and especially laces
It can spoil the whole look of a skater IMO They can have the most gorgeous costume but if the boots are dirty
Look at Korpi she is flawless .Remember Petrova 's white over the boot covers ?

I love over the boots tights. At least you don't have to worry about your boots being scratched, marked and dirty before competition. I have my boots for several years and all my learning attempts have left them with so many cut marks, that it really isn't nice showing that off on a competition or test.

Skate tape looks even worse than wearing over the boots tights or boots covers. At some stage it starts peeling and it is like if a snake sheds his skin! Disgusting! And boot polish? You must have black boots then, because with white boots or beige boots the boot polish won't cover the cut marks. The cut marks are dark brown and stand out even on polished boots. One would have to buy a white paint and paint it over. But if you do that, the boots will look even worse as soon as the pain start rubbing off.

I am on board with this. I HATE OTBT!!! They make the skater's ankles look huge and I find it very distracting. While we are banning things, can we ban boot decals as well? Madison Chock and Piper Gilles may have personal reasons for wearing hearts on their boots but again, I find it distracting and sort of "junior high".